Hi Christine & Gang: Well, I have a Lexar card reader, which attaches to the computer via USB. For the last several years, I have been using this kit to import from card into Lightroom. It's been easy-peasy, except for last night . I'm going to pitch those cards--they were el-cheapos anyway. I just ordered super fast Lexars from B & H Photo; I should be fine.
The lens issue is really more serious, and I think I need to send it in for a tune-up as it were. I've had the lens since late 2007 or early 2008, not sure which exactly. I bought it shortly after I got the K10D, so we've been buddies for a long time and through 4 DSLRs: K10D, K20D, K-7, and now the K-5. This is my very first issue-moment, so I can't complain. The overall quality of the entire group of photos shot at last night basketball game is TOTAL CRAP, and I'm not being modest here--it's just the darn truth, though I did manage to get 5 photos out of about 280 frames. I was hoping for 15, but no luck. Still, the who situation has me revved up to tend to my aging kit and get back to the pleasurable rythmn of photography. Time to stop making excuses! It was a tough night for the Truman Falcons. The first thing to say is our poor little team consists of 6 players total! And last night, a player was injured early in the game. The five remaining players played heroically. No substitution was possible naturally, but they hung in there. The final score was something like 80 to 110, which I think is great considering the situation. I only wish I could have had a better photo outing. Our Falcons had some nice runs and plays, but they were really huffing and puffing. Here's the five photos I was able to salvage. I'll, of course, share with the team. http://www.caguila.com/trcbball12%2D2%2D2012/index.html I really pushed the sharpening here. Any objections let me know. No problem. :-) Thanks for everyone's quick response. It's so great to be part of a creative community where you can get help like this. I'm so lucky to have found PDML. It's been such a fun part of my life. Sending biggest cheers possible, Christine/Chicago On Dec 2, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry to hear about your day, Christine... some are like that, in my > experience. :( > > Sounds like you're on the road to recovery, but I wonder... do you > always import directly into LR from the card? I've never seen that > error message in LR... What do I know, but I move files from card to > drive, then import from drive to LR... so LR never has to read > anything off a card... > > I've experienced sluggish focusing with my 16-50 especially when the > batteries are less than fully charged... could that have been a > factor? > > On the bright side, sounds like you've got your list for Santa just > about figured, though. > > : -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
